This week's Ken Bridges Texas History column is part 1 of a 2-part series exploring the disastrous Red River Expedition.

Nowadays, a vast network of highways ties the southwest suburbs to the rest of the world. However, there was a time when the Minnesota River was the region’s lifeline. Steamboats ferried passengers up ...

This once-forgotten town is now brimming with historical architecture, arts and entertainment, delicious local food, antiques shopping, and Southern charm.

The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 sparked a new wave of exploration in the United States as a number of expeditions were ...

cruising along the mighty Mississippi River. Renowned as the only true steam-powered paddle wheeler still operating on the ...

Iowa’s European colonial history began with the establishment ... Iowa in 1673 and proving the first European maps of the Upper Mississippi River. Clayton County’s Marquette is named after ...

Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to vote remains in the state's constitution. This ...

(AP) — Chris Youngblood had a season-high 23 points, including two free throws with 10.9 seconds remaining, to lead No. 4 Alabama to an 88-84 win over No. 14 Mississippi State on Wednesday night.

American Cruise Lines is sharing new details about its 2025 season on the Mississippi River. Throughout this year, the company will have five riverboats offering more than 12 itineraries on the ...

(Jill Karnicki/Houston Chronicle via AP, File) A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the ...

The biggest snowstorm in six decades swirled east of the Mississippi Coast Tuesday ... as of 8 a.m., according to a Singing River Electric outage map. The outages were clustered near Gulf Park ...

Unfortunately, this kind of misrepresentation appears to be part of a decadelong trend in our society of people with political agendas reshaping current or historical events to reinforce their own ...